The ravings of Glenn Beck? Just another day at a tea party rally? Sarah Palin’s Twitter feed?

None of the above. In a cleverly crafted video, the Republican Party of Wisconsin shows all of these present in the so-called workers protests at the state capitol while also demonstrating the hypocrisy of Democrats and liberals who tried to capitalize on the tragic shootings in Arizona.

Godwin’s Law states that any political argument, carried on long enough, will eventually provoke a Nazi reference. My own personal corollary to Godwin’s Law is that the first side to invoke it invariably loses, mainly because Nazis and Adolf Hitler are simply not analogous to normal politics in American democracy, unless one is discussing actual neo-Nazis. It exposes a clear lack of historical literacy about the Nazis and the history between the two World Wars of the last century. It’s the kind of argument favored by the relatively uneducated. That’s what makes the protests in Wisconsin over Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to curtail the power of public-sector unions so deliciously ironic.

Where are the denunciations of violent rhetoric? Where are the calls for civility? Unfortunately, when some liberals talk about civilty, they’re really telling conservatives to shut up while turning a blind eye and deaf ear to the ugliness in their own ranks.